MPs agree need to tackle offensive behaviour on social media
MPs agreed on Wednesday that legal provisions were necessary to tackle offensive behaviour on social media without however curtailing people’s rights. The House legal affairs...
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Two identified over fake news post
Two men from Limassol, aged 45 and 32 were the first suspects identified in relation to a fake post on social media, the police cybercrime...
Remand order renewed for officers suspected of threats on social media
Paphos district court has ordered the renewal of a remand for two special constables who allegedly made threats against the city’s police chief on social...
Two special constables arrested in Paphos after threats against police chief
Two special constables in Paphos have been arrested, one for allegedly making threats against the city’s police chief on social media. According to police, the...
Twitter beats revenue targets, shares jump 5 per cent
Twitter on Thursday reported higher revenue growth than Wall Street had expected, as the social media platform rolled out ad targeting improvements to help brands...
Twitter sees rise in governments meddling with journalists
Twitter saw a surge in demands over the course of last year from governments around the world to take down content posted by journalists and...
Cyprus in EU top three for social media use
Cyprus ranked third highest among EU member states in terms of percentage of people aged 16 to 74 with an active social media account in...
President highlights freedom of speech challenge in AI era
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday stressed the need to ensure freedom of speech but also to present correct, factual information in the ever-changing environment of...
Police: rise in distribution of sexual material through social media by minors
Police on Wednesday urged parents to be extra vigilant after seeing a rise in the distribution of sexual material through social media by minors. In...
Facebook’s ‘Instagram for children’ plans face fierce backlash
by Kyriacos Nicolaou Facebook-owned Instagram has received a raft of fierce criticism soon after its announcement of a children’s version of the popular image and...
No charges will be brought against woman who called community leader useless
Charges will not be brought against a British mother for calling a local community leader ‘useless’ in the comments section of a Facebook post, according...
Bill tabled allowing police to track down identity of social media users
The government has tabled a bill that would enable law enforcement to track down the identity of people posting on social media platforms, allowing police...
The beauty of nature
For one local photographer, what can be seen in the great outdoors makes life worth living, although he fears the change inflicted on it by...
Around 9% of young people addicted to social media
Nearly one in ten young people are addicted to social media while one in four were found to have generalised problematic internet use, according to...
Arteta calls on social media firms to help stop online abuse of players
Social media companies must take responsibility to help stop the online abuse of players as their mental health can be affected if they are targeted,...
Woman in Yiolitis Twitter spat plans to sue
The woman whose home was raided by police late last month over a parody account on Twitter mocking Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis has confirmed she...
Facebook sparks fresh privacy concerns
Facebook is being taken to court by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission after allegations of misleading and deceiving the public. Seven years after the...
Follow me! The rise of the influencer
Social media and influencers feed off each other in a relationship that many young people crave for themselves Panayiotis, aged nine, wants to become...
Pinterest moving towards online events feature
Image-sharing and social media service Pinterest will soon add an online events feature to its platform, according to recently surfaced reports. Reverse engineer Jane Manchun...
Twitter unveils new feature
Earlier this week, social media network Twitter announced that it would be unrolling a new feature called Fleets. Fleets, a portmanteau of the words ‘tweet’...